HyperForum — sleep mode after a few minutes of inactivity

Re: sleep mode after a few minutes of inactivity

2025-01-23T16:31:11Z

Xidle has a problem when the machine wakes up, after a few seconds it goes back to sleep mode, so I found this solution with Xautolock.

xidle -program "/usr/bin/xtrlock" -timeout 300 &
xautolock -time 30 -locker "/usr/bin/doas zzz" -detectsleep &

2025-01-22T19:22:50Z

After several attempts I managed to get it working.

xidle -program "/usr/bin/doas zzz" -timeout 7200 &

2025-01-22T16:37:38Z

Thank you very much, I will try it

2025-01-22T14:42:28Z

You can do it with xidle, doas and zzz

 
xidle -timeout 120 -program 'doas zzz' &

For easyness, you can place that at ~/.xinitrc, above the last line you would put to start the window manager, such as 'exec icewm-session':

 

xidle -timeout 120 -program 'doas zzz' & 

exec icewm-session

You need to add yourself to the 'power' group.

2025-01-22T13:47:27Z

Is there a simple way, like a bash script or something similar, to make the computer go into sleep mode after a few minutes of inactivity?